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I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself

For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.